Hi Everyone

Hey all, Names James and ive been flicking to this site for some time now in the hope that il get some time to hack my wii, so far ive only managed to sofmod a psp and jailbreak an iphone so its a start lol hopefully i can get some good advise from all you knoledgable softmodders out there if i hit any problems. thanks

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First off you need to read the Site rules and try your best to abide by them.
Now we know the rules its time to find the right guide for modding your wii, I recommend the

Once you have completed the guide you need to ascertain if your wii is capable of playing backups via the disc drive or whether you need to be usb loading.
Wii's post 2009 generally cannot play backups via the disc drive and have to use usb loading.
I recommend usb loading anyway as you can add an remove your games easily and there is no wear and tear on your disc drive and no messing about with discs etc.
What you will need to know -
What drives are compatible - Usb Compatibility list
How to set your drive up - Loading and Playing Wii Backup Games from USB HDD

Once your HDD is setup and ready to go, you will need a program to manage your games!
Checkout Peire's Wii Game Manager Guide

Now your set up and ready to go, but you run in to a problem with one of your game backups -